Ash-separator.



PATENTE@ JULY 2l, 1908.

G. A. WIIJJAMS.v ASH SBPARATOR APPUOMI 0H FILED NOTES Q sHBnTL-BHEET 2.

@vi h1 @ons TED JULY 21, 1908:.

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' G. A. WILLAMS. ASH SLWARATOR APPLIOATION HLLD Hov a 19o? no. asses?.

Specification o Letters Patent.

Patented July 21,1908.

Application filed November 6, 1907. Serial No. 400,929.

'To all wzom it 'may concern: Be it known that l, GEORGE A. VVrLuAMs, a citizen ot the United States, residing at Salt Lake City, in the county oif'dalt Lake and State of Utah, have invented certain new and usel'ul lImprovements in Ash-Sepa- ."ators, of which the following is a specification.

rThis invention relates to separators, and more particularly to a machine for separating aslies and clinkers from coal.

`vAn object of the invention is to provide a machine of this character for separating the ashes and clinkers from the unburned coal which has been used chiefly in sinelters, or 'other' similar places where large quantities of coal containing ashes are thrown away.

ther objects and advantages will be appare-nt from the following description and it will be understood that changes in the spccie structure shown and described may be made within the scope olE the claims without departing from the spirit oi the invention.

ln the drawings forming a portion ol this specification, and in which like numerals ol" reference indicate similar parte in the several views, Figure l is a side elevation of thc inachine, Fig. 2 is a top plan view, Fig. is a section on the linev 3-3 of Fig. 2, Fig. l is a section on the line 44 of Fig. 2, Fig. 5 is a section on the line 5-4) ol Fig. 2, Fig. (l is a detail perspective view ol" one. ol the conveying buckets, Fig. 7 is a detail cross section on the. line 7-7 ol Fig. l, Fig. S a vertical longitudinal sectional View ol a niodified forni oi ash cylinder, Fig. f) is a top plan view.

Referring now to the drawings, there is shown a `tank 10, which comprises the contracted front wall 1 l7 the side walls 12 and 13 and a rear wall 14. The side wall 12 is provided with an opening 15 above the bottoni l of the tank, and web pieces 16 are secured lo the. front wall 12 and adjacent the openiinr 15, for a purpose to hereinafter appear. lhe vliront wall l1 is provided with. an opening 17, and secured to the front wall, there is shown an upwardly and ilu-line wall-1S, and the connecting web pieces 1S).

A bracket 2U is secured at the. upper end of the rear wall ol the tank, and a second bracket 2l is secured to the rear wall 14, and this bracket extends rearwardly and upwardl as shown. .y ,fin elongated cylinder 22 has its ends disposed between the brackets and 21 respectively, and this cylinderisI preferably formed of foralninous sheet metal.- The inner head 23 ofthe cylinder is cut away, as shown at 24, and a space is thus formed between the upper edge of this end of the Cylinder and the innerv side of the body of theI cylinder. The upper end of the cylinder 22 is closed as shown at 25, and through this end and through the head 23, there is shown a longitudinally extending shaft. 26, which shaft has its ends journaled in the brackets 20 and 21.

'.lhe upper end. of the shaft 26 is provided I with a gear 27, and this gear is arranged to mesh with a similar gear 28, carried by'a horizontally and transversely extending shaft 29. rlhe. shaft 29 is 30, which are secure Ono end of thetshaft 29,'carries a gear 31, and the opposite end of this shaft carries a band pulley 32.

ournaled in brackets to the bracket V21..

A hinge closure 33 is provided for the cyl'- "l inder 22.

A clinker conveying belt 33 is shown `as projecting partly into the tank 10, and thel lower portion of this belt is passed through thev opening 17 in the tank and this belt is passed around a roller 34, which is jour: naled in the side walls 10. and the upper portion passed over the upper edge 11, and this belt is extended forwardly and works over a roller 3 5, which isjournaled in brackets 36, secured to the incline Wall l18. The belt 33 is provided with buckets 36', and

of the belt 33 is l2 and 13-of the tankv y of4 the front wallv these buckets are formed of foraminous Inaterial and areA arranged to collect clink'erslat the bottom ol" the tank. 10.

A se )arating screen 37 is secured rtothe side walls 12 and 13, for a purposel to be hereiinaiter described.

'lhe tank 10 is adapted to oontainwater, the line of which is indicated at 34', and the screen 37 is thus disposed with a portion thereof within the water and a portion thereof thereabove.

A coal conveyinor belt 38 is arranged trans` versely of the be vt 33 .and in rear of the screen 37, and this belt is passed 'over a roller 39 within the tank 10, and over a roller 40, outwardly of the tank, which roller is supported by brackets 40 mounted upon, the wall cured to the belt 38 and these buckets are similar to the'buckets 36, being somewhat 13 of the tank. Buckets 4l are selonger. The belt is thus arranged so that the tank-10 will of course be collected by the buckets 41 carried thereby skim the surthe belt 33. face of the Water, and these buckets collect The provision of the screen 37 is 4such that the' unburned coal which floats upon the surfloating coal v vill be confined at one side of 55 vk5 face of the'water. r the tank for collection by the belt 38. The roller 40 carries gearv Wheels 42 atthe s In the modiiiedfform of ash cylinder shown lends thereof, and `these gears 'are in lmesh lin Figs. 8 and 9 ofthe drawings, thecylinder i with similar gears 43 carried by the brack- 22 has a portion of the forannnous material 1 'ets' 4'0, .l cut away as shown at 54, and this cut aWay 60 r ilo" Therollen 35 carriesa gear Wheel 44, and portion 1s thus arranged to lie directly above this gearwhjeelisin mesh Witha similar gear the chute 50. The ends of the cyhnderare Whse 45, carried by alongitudinally extendclosed by heads 55 and 56, and projectingV sl1 af,t '46., `The shaft 46 is journaled in from the'head 554 there is shown a'trunnion brackets 4f( which are secured to the Wal1113 57, `and this trunnion is journaledin a box 58 65 y15 ofthe tankl'O.V The shaft 46 carries a gear `which is secured upon one side of the tank Wheelflbetween the ends thereof, and these 1 0. The heads 5 5 and v56 are eachprovided l gearsmesh with-the gears 43. The rear end with outwardly, extending lian es 59, and

'of the `shaft '46 isprovided witha gear 49, these lflanges are thus arrange for Inoveand this gear meshes with the gear 81, onthe ment upon flanged rollers 60 which are car- 'Z0 'l l5'20 shaft 29@ t ried by brackets l61 and. 62. Each of the 'coal'yand clinker chute 50 is disposed brackets 61 and 62 is provided with a run Within the tank`10, and-thelower end ofthe way63 for the rollers 60. The bracket 62 is .chute'is disposed slightly above the bottom arranged outwardly of the tank,'and this fof/the tank. Theu per end of the chute 50 bracket is secured to the'tankby means of 75 '25: isi disposed. directly ileneath the lower. end of arms 64. vThe head 55 of the tank is pro# Ythe"cyflinder 26, as-s own. vided with a b evel ear 65, and this gear is -l 'l 9; '.f 'ash chute Y51 is arranged beneath the thus arranged tomes With apinion which cylinder 26, andgthis chute has a portion 52 1s carried at the end of a driven shaft 67. eitendd alon *the entire distance ofthe cylrljhis shaft is' sup orted in boxes 68 and 69, 80 30 inder, and a. ownwardly directed ash con- Which are secureA to the tank. -The shaft is l veying portion53 is secured to the portion provided with aloose pulley 70 anda fix-ed i f -552', and this portion 53, extends to a'suitable pulley 71 by means of which the shaft may "ash receiver, not shown. e i-en from the drive shaft 29. The shaft '315 placed'withiri'-the cylinder 26 and the shaft which -inay be engaged with a similar gear .7 f' '129iotat'ed by lmeans of the pulley 32, which upon the roller 40.

, i `may'fbefrunfby a suitable motor. This ac- What is claimed is:

" fti'o'n "of the shaft 26 will of course rotate the Incombin'ation with a liquid-containing yzshaft'li, and'in turn, this shaft will operate tank provided with a coal conveying belt 99 40 the-belt''33'.' lt'vvill thus be seen, that as the and a clinkerv conveying belt disposed at f cylinder I26 revolves, `the ashes will be deright angles to the hrst named belt, 'of a ,'f fi posited'intothe conve" ing portion 53 of tire separating screen located. within the tank .f chute 51,'ta1-1dv the elinkers and unburned and errant-ed to confine floating articles at @In use, 'the.,ashes to be4 separated are 467 iscalso provided with a bevel gear '72 85 l ffy coal Willbe delivered from the cylinder 26 one side ofJ the tank for collection. ythe coal 95 45 into the chute 50Whereby the chnkers and conveying belt.

-*un'burnedcoal-vvill be de osited upon the l-n testimony whereof l bottomof'the tank 10. Teunbur'ned coal, in presence of two with@ will 'of course `float upon thesurface of the Water, 'and the coal will thus be collected Witnesses:

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